| PAID CONTENT Three lighthouses guide ships (and today, welcome visitors) along Northern Michigan’s Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. From Lake Michigan’s very first lighthouse to the last manned lighthouse on the lake, we travel to each one with...
Travel back in time to celebrate Christmas with James McCormick, his wife and eight children at the Grand Traverse Lighthouse in Northport. Explore his unique experiences as a Northern Michigan lighthouse keeper through an excerpt from A “Grand” Grand...
The 16th Annual Lobster Fest Fundraiser at the Grand Traverse Lighthouse in Northport will be held on Saturday, August 14 from 5–8 p.m. (in-person and takeout options). Dinner options include fresh Maine lobster or filet mignon. Plus boiled redskin potatoes, corn on...
After years of dreaming up tours of the North Manitou Shoal Light, it is finally becoming a reality. Thanks to the North Manitou Light Keepers, visitors can now take a 2 to 3-hour tour from Leland to the deck of the light to explore. Learn more about the tour plans...
This Manistee lighthouse puts on a sparkling show each Northern Michigan winter. Featured in the February 2021 issue of Traverse. Subscribe. Perhaps the only thing more spectacular than the leading lines of the catwalk that stretches from 5th Avenue Beach to the...
Three Great Lakes lighthouses. Three sweet shoreside towns. Pick one and make it a day trip, or spend a long weekend visiting them all on a Northern Michigan fall color tour. McGulpin Point Lighthouse & Historic Site Get There: 500 Headlands Rd., Mackinaw City //...